"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.